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| Tibetan Buddhist Mythology: Garuda | ||
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| 出版日期 | 2010.05 |
| 頁次 | 46 |
| 出版者 | General Books LLC, 2010 |
| 出版者網址 | http://general-books.net/about.cfm |
| 出版地 | US [美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | The content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.; |
| 摘要 | The Garuda (Sanskrit:, eagle; Pli ) is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. From an Indian perspective, Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila and the Brahminy kite is considered to be the contemporary representation of Garuda Other nations adopt a more stylistic approach to the Garuda's depiction, where it depicts an eagle (being much larger than a kite) . In Hindu religion, is a lesser Hindu divinity, usually the mount (vahanam) of Vishnu. is depicted as having the golden body of a strong man with a white face, red wings, and an eagle's beak and with a crown on his head. This ancient deity was said to be massive, large enough to block out the sun. His stature in Hindu religion can be gauged by the fact that an independent Upanishad, the, and a Purana, the Garuda Purana, is devoted to him. Various names have been attributed to - Chirada, Gaganeshvara, Kamayusha, Kashyapi, Khageshvara, Nagantaka, Sitanana, Sudhahara, Suparna, Tarkshya, Vainateya, Vishnuratha and others. The Vedas provide the earliest reference of, though by the name of yena, where this mighty bird is said to have brought nectar to earth from heaven. The Puranas, which came into existence much later, mention as doing the same thing, which indicates that yena (Sanskrit for Eagle) and are the same. One of the faces of r Pacamukha Hanuman is Mahavira . This face points towards the west. Worship of is believed to remove the effects of poisons from one's body. In Tamil Vaishnavism Garuda and Hanuman are known as "Periya Thiruvadi" and "Siriya Thiruvadi" respectively. |
| ISBN | 9781156316696 (pbk); 1156316693 (pbk) |
| 點閱次數 | 291 |
| 建檔日期 | 2011.01.20 |
| 更新日期 | 2014.05.20 |
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